BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Liferay Inc//Liferay Portal 7.4.13//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260521T174000Z UID:8c798be8-d8b3-10fb-b594-5464588286f7 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251008T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251008T203000 SUMMARY:Library: When It All Burns DESCRIPTION:Come on an unforgettable journey to the fire line. See what hap pens\n when it all burns\, understand why it all burns\, and learn how we must\n reimagine our relationship with fire in California.\nMost of us h ave only seen California wildfires from a distance—smoke\n in the air or a red glow on the horizon. But in this powerful event\,\n wildland firefi ghter and author Jordan Thomas takes us to the front\n lines through stun ning photographs and firsthand stories from battling\n California’s most destructive fires. In When It All Burns\,\n Thomas recounts a single\, br utal six-month fire season with the Los\n Padres Hotshots—the special for ces of America’s firefighters. Being a\n hotshot is among the most diffic ult jobs on earth. Thomas viscerally\n renders his crew’s attempts to bat tle flames that are often too\n destructive to contain. He uncovers the h idden cultural history of\n megafires\, revealing how humanity’s symbioti c relationship with\n wildfire became a war—and what can be done to chang e it back.\nExceptional. . . . When It All Burns is one of those books tha t\n immerses the reader in the nuances of a world most of us know only\n through the lens of tragedy and destruction. Thomas’ visceral\,\n crysta lline prose only adds fuel to the fire.” —Los Angeles Times\n"\;Passio nately told\, impeccably researched and important. . . .\n while Thomas’s detailed descriptions of grueling brush-hacking\n sessions and near-cons tant life-threatening scenarios are riveting\,\n the book’s power comes f rom its methodical\, clear-eyed and convincing\n explanation of how we wo und up here in the first place—in a world\n where megafires inevitably ra ge out of control\, annihilating every\n town and ecosystem in their path ."\; —Washington Post\n“A riveting story of the costs of climate chang e and the realities of\n this terrifying work\, as well as an examination of the history that\n got us here and the very real lives now at risk.”  —New York Times\n“Wedding anthropological research and elegant description s of the\n natural world\, Thomas builds an argument for a clear\n solut ion."\; —The New Yorker\n“Thomas brings us to the front lines\, deftly pulling the reader to\n the edge of the fire in evocative writing that r eads like a thriller…\n Thinking about fire has never been more essential —Thomas charts a map\n toward the future.” —Kirkus (starred review)\n“Wri ting with exceptional verve\, Thomas captures the furious\n intensity of working on the fire line. . . . Narrative nonfiction\n doesn’t get better than this.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)\n\n Copies of When It Al l Burns will be available for\n purchase at this event\, and the author will sign. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Come on an unforgettable journey to the fire l ine. See what happens\n when it all burns\, understand why it all burns\, and learn how we must\n reimagine our relationship with fire in Californ ia.\nMost of us have only seen California wildfires from a distance—smoke\ n in the air or a red glow on the horizon. But in this powerful event\,\n wildland firefighter and author Jordan Thomas takes us to the front\n l ines through stunning photographs and firsthand stories from battling\n C alifornia’s most destructive fires. In When It All Burns\,\n Thomas recou nts a single\, brutal six-month fire season with the Los\n Padres Hotshot s—the special forces of America’s firefighters. Being a\n hotshot is amon g the most difficult jobs on earth. Thomas viscerally\n renders his crew’ s attempts to battle flames that are often too\n destructive to contain. He uncovers the hidden cultural history of\n megafires\, revealing how hu manity’s symbiotic relationship with\n wildfire became a war—and what can be done to change it back.\nExceptional. . . . When It All Burns is one o f those books that\n immerses the reader in the nuances of a world most o f us know only\n through the lens of tragedy and destruction. Thomas’ vis ceral\,\n crystalline prose only adds fuel to the fire.” —Los Angeles Tim es\n"\;Passionately told\, impeccably researched and important. . . .\ n while Thomas’s detailed descriptions of grueling brush-hacking\n sessi ons and near-constant life-threatening scenarios are riveting\,\n the boo k’s power comes from its methodical\, clear-eyed and convincing\n explana tion of how we wound up here in the first place—in a world\n where megafi res inevitably rage out of control\, annihilating every\n town and ecosys tem in their path."\; —Washington Post\n“A riveting story of the costs of climate change and the realities of\n this terrifying work\, as well as an examination of the history that\n got us here and the very real liv es now at risk.” —New York Times\n“Wedding anthropological research and el egant descriptions of the\n natural world\, Thomas builds an argument for a clear\n solution."\; —The New Yorker\n“Thomas brings us to the fro nt lines\, deftly pulling the reader to\n the edge of the fire in evocati ve writing that reads like a thriller…\n Thinking about fire has never be en more essential—Thomas charts a map\n toward the future.” —Kirkus (star red review)\n“Writing with exceptional verve\, Thomas captures the furious \n intensity of working on the fire line. . . . Narrative nonfiction\n d oesn’t get better than this.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)\n\n Cop ies of When It All Burns will be available for\n purchase at this event \, and the author will sign. LOCATION:Buena Vista Branch Library (300 N. Buena Vista St.) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T231828Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles X-PROLEPTIC-TZNAME:LMT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-075258 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:18831118T120702 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:19180331T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19190330T100000Z;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:19181027T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19191026T090000Z;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PWT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:19420209T020000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PPT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:19450814T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:19450930T020000 RDATE:19490101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:19480314T020100 RDATE:19740106T020000 RDATE:19750223T020000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:19500430T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19660424T090000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:19500924T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19610924T090000Z;BYMONTH=9;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:19621028T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20061029T090000Z;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:19670430T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19730429T100000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:19760425T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=19860427T100000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:19870405T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;UNTIL=20060402T100000Z;BYMONTH=4;BYDAY=1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR